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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Fiber Arts Fiesta - Pictorial & Art Winners

Thank you for joining me on a visual tour of the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta. Today we're checking out winning quilts from the Pictorial and Art categories.

Small Art/Pictorial Quilts

First Place was awarded to Not Quite 50 Shades of Gray, a monochromatic study done using commercial fabrics and raw edge appliqué, by Lynn Rogers.

Not Quite 50 Shades of Gray by Lynn Rogers

A Beautiful Surprise by Debbie Rogulich, earned second place for its improvisational pieced blocks. Batik fabrics, straight line quilting, and random row widths were also employed.

A Beautiful Surprise by Debbie Rogulich

Tent Rock Canyon by Laura Gilmartin was machine appliquéd and thread painted on a longarm. Tsukineko inks, couched yarns, and Intense pencils accented the third place award winner.

Tent Rock Canyon by Laura Gilmartin

Judge's choice went to Mary Mattimoe's original design, Backyard Turtle.

Backyard Turtle by Mary Mattimoe

Medium Art Quilts

Set Fire to the Rain, the first place winner, is a beading phenomenon. Discharge dye, handprinted cotton sateen, lace, silk thread, glass and copper beads, hand reverse appliqué, and machine piecing were all incorporated. The piece is an original design by Nancy Steidle.

Set Fire to the Rain by Nancy Steidle

Wendy Garrison's original design, Tree of Life, received second place. It displays an unconventional trapunto technique topped with a layer of organza and embellished with beading and oil paints.

Tree of Life by Wendy Garrison

How My Garden Grows by Lynne Horpedahl, the third place winner, was inspired by classes with Luara Wasilowski and Mary Lou Weidman.

How My Garden Grows by Lynne Horpedahl

We're Not in Kansas Anymore, Norma Koelm's original design, was hand appliquéd and hand quilted. It was honored with judge's choice.

Enchantment in the Jungle by Jean Brueggenjohann was the third place winner. It is a machine and paper pieced original work with hand appliqué, hand embroidery, glass beads, sequins, sparkly tulle and African fabric. It was quilted on a domestic machine by Jean.

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